Workmen's advocate., 1887-04-23
LOCAL NOTES.

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 Capt. W. G. Dickinson made a very fine address at the meeting of the Good Samaritan Society No, |, Sunday even ing.
 John R. G'ildea, at one time local democratic poet of this section, has made his appearance in this moral burg but not to stay
 The Harugari Singing Society will be invited to take part in the great Me Glynn meeting to be held in Carlls Opera House, May C,
 The fair of Herman Division, |. R. K. of P, ended Saturday night. William Rebman won the secretary, Peter llol- land the sword. and Mrs kipp the dia- mond earrings.
 At meeting in Clan-na Gael Hall Tuesday evening a committee was ap- pointed to make arrangements for public anti-coercion meeting to be held in this city in the near future.
 The Sarsiield Guards are making ar rangements for a grand ball to be given in the Union armory. the proceeds of which will go towarrs delrayng their expenses to Washington in May,
 The carpenters and joiners held an i'm portant secret meeting in Elks' Hall last Wednesday evening None of the trans actions have been given to the press, That is the way to do business; and we hope all other labor organizations will do likewise in future.
 A local "Generar has brought suit against our city hog because ye hog has criticized ye Generals English in those grand invitations which were taken by that smiling committee to King Cleve- land and his queen m the national palace at Washington. May the Lord give them all more sense, and Us more power
 Walking Delegate Farrell, of the Plumbers Union of New York, has sue ceeded in making Scab Edgerton leave the employ of toskctt X Bishop, after having declared that the latter would be
 
 if he did not leave this city, We need d few men in New Haven of Mr FarrelIs pluck and cool judgment,
 The entertainment given in Central Labor hall last Saturday evening for the benefit of Henry flent le was not as well attended as it should have been, The committee having charge of the arrange ments has decided to cooperate with a similar committee from the Barber's Union for the purpose of holding another entertainment at some future time in the same hall to aid Mr. Flent le
 There is great hubbub in Win chester's shop because that little game to get up a petition tO the Governor asking him to veto the weekly payment bill has been exposed. Let them remember that our reporters senses of hearing and see ing are peculiarly sharp, especially in these troubled times, and it will not do to put up many jobs while he is around Hes somewhat like an Irish ghost-he's everywhere and anywhere at the same time.
 The boss plumbers are SO anxious about the safety and comfort of the scabs they have carted from outside tO fin the places of honest. industrious men, that they have supplied them with Tevolvers and plenty of ammunition. But they'll have no need to use them; the men now out on strike have too much respect for the law to give these rene gades-the scab plumbers-a preteXt to shoot If the Scahs got their desert no honest citizen would speak to them
 The bricklayers of this city have al ways shown a remarkable feeling o solidarity and friendship for their fel low workmen in other trades. and now 1t IS reported that they sympathize witl the painters on strike. which Sympath' is only limited by the prime law of tn botTgeotSte that compels them to la, brick for a living, even if non-uniol painters are to be employed on the sam building Some people are unreasonahl enough to expect bricklayerS to strik because another union has a grievance What have bricklayers in common wit painters:
 Last Monday during the snow storm Knight of Labor met a girl about I years of age crying bitterly. On bein asked the cause of her distress she il formed the Knight of Iabor that sl